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01-07-2020 | Letter to the Editor

‘Comment on: “The Case for Retiring Flexibility as a Major Component of Physical Fitness”

Published in: Sports Medicine | Issue 7/2020

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Title: ‘Comment on: “The Case for Retiring Flexibility as a Major Component of Physical Fitness”
Publication date: 01-07-2020
Published in: Sports Medicine / Issue 7/2020
Print ISSN: 0112-1642
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2035
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01291-y

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